Doors are opening for Madison County in international trade, says international business development expert Christian Bertacchini, who is the county's representative in the European, Middle Eastern and African region. "Madison County offers an amazing ecosystem of innovation, research and world-class companies in many different fields," Bertacchini said. "Of course, defense and aerospace dominate the landscape, but there is an increasing...
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When a strong team has a good record and an excellent playing field, world-caliber performance can take place. Huntsville's economic development team is led by the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County and relies on The University of Alabama in Huntsville as a key player. With Cummings Research Park and Huntsville/Madison County as the playing field, people rooting for Huntsville...
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Mobile County ranked among the state's top economic recruiters for 2014 in dollars invested, but expansions as opposed to new investments were responsible for the lion's share of the nearly $596 million spent on 26 projects across seven southwest Alabama counties.
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Alabama's unemployment rate has dropped to 5.7 percent, which is the lowest rate in more than six years. Gov. Robert Bentley says December's seasonally adjusted rate is down from 6.0 percent in November, and it is lower than the 6.1 percent recorded a year ago. It is slightly above the national rate of 5.6 percent. Bentley says 2104 ended...
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WASHINGTON -- The United States capped its best year for hiring in 15 years with a healthy gain in December, and the unemployment rate hit a six-year low. The numbers support expectations that the United States will strengthen further this year even as overseas economies stumble. The government said Friday that employers added 252,000 jobs last month and 50,000...
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Parent company Daikin Industries announced Tuesday it will shutter the Goodman plant on 1810 Wilson Parkway in Fayetteville by 2017 as it moves manufacturing and logistics operations in Tennessee and Texas to a new $417 million campus in Houston, Texas.
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